Health Plans No Longer Have to Cover Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know.

A ruling by a federal judge this week could set up yet another Supreme Court challenge to the Obamacare health law.

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Medicare Delays a Full Crackdown on Private Health Plans

After intense lobbying by insurers, U.S. health officials say curbs aimed at overbilling by Medicare Advantage will be eased in over 3 years.

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Obamacare Requirement for Free Preventive Care

The decision by a judge in Texas, which applies nationwide and could have far-reaching implications for millions of Americans, is likely to be appealed by the Biden administration.

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Studies Link Common Childhood Viruses to Rare Hepatitis Cases

Infection with multiple common viruses may be responsible for the cases that puzzled doctors last year.

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¿Cómo usar el Narcan, el aerosol para revertir sobredosis?

Esta versión de la naloxona, el fármaco que bloquea el efecto de los opiáceos en el cerebro, puede salvar vidas. Este es el modo de usarlo correctamente.

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AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine May Have Posed a Higher Heart Risk for Young Women, Study Shows

A new analysis examined deaths in Britain, where the company’s product was restricted in 2021 because of safety concerns.

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How to Use Narcan Nasal Spray

Narcan, a naloxone nasal spray, is now approved for over-the-counter sales and should be widely available by late summer. Experts say that these sprays can swiftly reverse an opioid overdose and are easy to use. Here’s how.

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The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death

In rural Colombia, as in many parts of the world, tallying births and deaths is one of the most desperately needed public-health measures. It’s a lot harder than it sounds.

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Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected this week to allow the overdose-reversal medication to be sold without a prescription, a step toward making it a common emergency tool.

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Hospitals Are Increasingly Crowded With Kids Who Tried to Harm Themselves, Study Finds

Hospitalizations for pediatric suicidal behavior increased by 163 percent over an 11-year period, an analysis of millions of hospital admissions in the United States found.

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In Mississippi, a Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals

Mississippi is one of 10 states, all with Republican-led legislatures, that continue to reject federal funding to expand health insurance for the poor, intensifying financial pressure on hospitals.

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North Carolina Expands Medicaid After Republicans Abandon Their Opposition

The state’s Democratic governor signed a bill expanding the health insurance program for low-income people days after the measure cleared the Republican-controlled legislature.

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Have AI Chatbots Developed Theory of Mind? What We Do and Do Not Know.

Some researchers claim that chatbots have developed theory of mind. But is that just our own theory of mind gone wild?

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Philadelphia Water Supply Chemical Spill Prompts Advisory

More than 8,000 gallons of an acrylic polymer solution were released late on Friday into a tributary of the Delaware River, a source of the city’s drinking water.

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In a Roman Tomb, ‘Dead Nails’ Reveal an Occult Practice

Forty-one bent or twisted iron nails, unearthed from a second-century imperial burial site, were meant to keep the deceased in their place.

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You May Need That Procedure. But Do You Really Need an Escort?

Following even basic screenings and operations, patients often must arrange for someone to deliver them home. For older people, it can be a tall order.

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Cleaner Air Helps Everyone. It Helps Black Communities a Lot.

A new study quantified the benefits of pollution reduction in terms of race and class.

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California’s Plan for Cheaper Insulin Collides With Big Pharma’s Price Cuts

The state awarded a $50 million contract to produce less costly treatments, but moves by major suppliers might undercut the initiative before any new product emerges.

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Should You Get Another Covid Booster?

Britain and Canada have authorized another round of booster shots for older and immunocompromised citizens. So far, U.S. officials haven’t followed suit.

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These Devices Sickened Hundreds. The New Models Have Risks, Too.

Duodenoscopes — tubular cameras threaded into the intestine — with disposable parts were supposed to be safer. But the parts can fall off in the body, the F.D.A. warned.

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Autism Prevalence Rises Again, Study Finds

The pandemic may have disrupted the detection of autism spectrum disorder in young children, researchers also reported.

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Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks the State’s New Abortion Ban

Wyoming’s Constitution guarantees a right to make individual health care decisions. The new ban attempts to circumvent that right by declaring that abortion is not health care.

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The Times Switches to C.D.C. Covid Data, Ending Daily Collection

As local data sources become less reliable, The Times will instead report information collected by the C.D.C. on its virus tracking pages.

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Rising Rate of Drug Shortages Is Framed as a National Security Threat

A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals.

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Medicare Tries to Combat Fraud. Now Insurers Are Fighting Back.

The Biden administration has proposed changes to how it would pay private Medicare Advantage plans, setting off a lobbying frenzy.

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U.S. Organ Transplant System, Troubled by Long Wait Times, Faces an Overhaul

The Biden administration announced a plan to modernize how patients are matched to available organs to shorten wait times and reduce the number of people who die while waiting.

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Why Are Public Restrooms Still So Rare?

Cities in the U.S. and elsewhere have made strides, but challenges remain.

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Report of Wuhan Market Samples Found Covid and Raccoon Dog Genetic Material

In a much-anticipated study, experts described a swab that was positive for the coronavirus and contained loads of genetic material from raccoon dogs.

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Warren Boroson, Who Surveyed Psychiatrists on Goldwater, Dies at 88

The defeated Republican presidential candidate sued Mr. Boroson and the magazine he worked for, saying it had libeled him for suggesting that he was mentally unfit for the presidency.

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Overlooked No More: Lilian Lindsay, Britain’s First Female Dentist

The profession was considered unladylike in 1890s England, where she was refused admission to dental school. But she found one in Scotland, and became a notable figure in dentistry.

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The Surgeon General’s New Mission: Adolescent Mental Health

In an interview with The Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy ascribed the crisis in part to “hustle culture” values.

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‘We Were Helpless’: Despair at the CDC as the Covid Pandemic Erupted

Current and former employees recall rising desperation as Trump administration officials squelched research into the new coronavirus.

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Deadly Fungus Spread Rapidly During the Pandemic, C.D.C. Says

Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that health officials hoped to contain is now in more than half the states, according to a new research paper.

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Lab Leak or Not? How Politics Shaped the Battle Over Covid’s Origin

A lab leak was once dismissed by many as a conspiracy theory. But the idea is gaining traction, even as evidence builds that the virus emerged from a market.

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¿El tiempo pasa rápido o lento? Tu corazón podría tener la respuesta

Los investigadores han creído durante mucho tiempo que el cerebro controla nuestro sentido del tiempo. Un nuevo estudio sugiere que el corazón desempeña un papel importante.

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Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills

Medication abortion providers could serve six months in prison under the law, one of a growing number of efforts by conservative states to target the pills.

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W.H.O. Accuses China of Withholding Data on Pandemic’s Origins

Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.

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What Are Raccoon Dogs?

The monogamous, hibernating canids, which are related to foxes, are sold for meat and fur.

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Why Do Japan’s Animal Cafes Have So Many Endangered Creatures?

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes.

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Sanofi Plans to Cut the Price of Insulin

The company is the third of the three major insulin manufacturers that dominate the U.S. market to announce such a move this month.

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F.D.A. Advisers Endorse Paxlovid’s Benefits as a Covid Treatment

While an agency analysis did find signs of Covid “rebound,” the drug significantly reduces hospitalizations and deaths, researchers said.

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Babesiosis, a Tick-Borne Disease, Is on the Rise in the Northeast, C.D.C. Reports

Babesiosis, which can cause flulike symptoms, could be spreading because of rising temperatures and the growing deer population.

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What to Know About the Recent Eye Drop Recalls

Global Pharma recalled eye drops in February after they were tied to a drug-resistant bacteria strain linked to at least one death. Two more companies have since recalled eye drops.

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Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women

In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the United States, according to new government figures. Here’s how one family coped after the virus threatened a pregnant mother.

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Pregnancy and Covid: What Women Need to Know

A pregnant woman is more likely to develop serious Covid-19 and to die of it. Several factors amplify the risks.

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Texas Judge Hears Case to End Federal Approval of Abortion Pill

The judge said he would decide soon whether to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the F.D.A. to withdraw its approval of the drug or wait for the full trial.

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Scientists Investigate a Bird Flu Outbreak in Seals

Wild birds passed the virus to seals in New England at least twice last summer, a new study suggests.

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Lawyers to Face Off Before Judge in Closely Watched Abortion Pills Case

The first hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn F.D.A. approval of the pills takes place Wednesday morning in Texas.

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Polish Court Convicts Rights Activist of Aiding an Abortion by Providing Pills

It was the first conviction of its type in the country and in Europe, offering a glimpse of the implications of a near-total ban on abortion.

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Her Doctor Said Her Illness Was All in Her Head. This Scientist Was Determined to Find the Truth.

After enduring severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, the geneticist Marlena Fejzo made finding the cause of her condition, hyperemesis gravidarum, her life’s work.

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Novo Nordisk Says It Will Slash the Price of Insulin

The company’s decision follows a similar move by its rival, Eli Lilly, this month.

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Jiang Yanyong, Who Helped Expose China’s SARS Crisis, Dies at 91

A retired military surgeon, he blew the whistle in 2003 on Beijing’s cover-up of the epidemic. He was later punished for denouncing the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

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Heartbeat May Shape Our Perception of Time, Study Shows

Researchers have long assumed that the brain controls our sense of time. A new study suggests the heart plays an important role.

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How an Opioid Settlement Hinders Patients’ Access to ADHD Medication and Other Drugs

An agreement between attorneys general and major drug distributors increased scrutiny on medications for A.D.H.D., addiction, anxiety and pain.

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Judge in Abortion Pill Case Set Hearing but Sought to Delay Telling the Public

Saying he wanted safe and orderly proceedings, Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk asked lawyers not to disclose the hearing and planned to add it to the public case file only the evening before.

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A National Medical License May Ease Canada’s Doctor Shortages

The Canadian Medical Association is pushing for a single license to eliminate the barriers between provinces and territories.

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F.D.A. Approves New Nasal Spray for Migraines

Pfizer’s treatment applies an approach that is different from some other products, which doctors say may make it safer for people at risk of heart attacks or stroke.

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Health Concerns Mount in East Palestine Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment

In a tight-knit town already skeptical of the government, the lack of concrete information, and the open-ended nature of the crisis, undergird anxiety.

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These Morning-After Pills May Prevent STI’s, Researchers Say

Taking a common antibiotic after sex greatly reduces the chances of developing syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea among men who have sex with men and among trans women.

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African Countries Made Huge Gains in Life Expectancy. Now That Could Be Erased.

Incidence of illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension are climbing quickly in most sub-Saharan countries, but the conditions are rarely diagnosed or treated.

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He Was Sweating Uncontrollably. Was It Male Menopause?

His vital signs were normal. He didn’t have a fever. A slew of tests couldn’t find the cause. Then a locker-room conversation between doctors led to the diagnosis.

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Data Breach Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information

A cyberattack on the District of Columbia’s online health insurance marketplace may have compromised identifying data of many members of Congress and other users.

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D.C. Health Marketplace Hack Could Compromise Lawmakers’ Personal Information

A cyberattack on the District of Columbia’s online health insurance marketplace may have compromised identifying data of many members of Congress and other users.

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Opioids Are Leading Cause of Child Poisoning Deaths, Study Finds

A review of poisonings among children 5 and younger found that opioids contributed to nearly half of deaths from 2005 to 2018, largely from accidental overdoses, according to new research.

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Kidnapping in Mexico Draws Attention to Medical Tourism

Here’s what experts say about the risks and promises of traveling abroad for cost-efficient care.

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Covid Origins Hearing Opens With Arguments for Lab Leak Theory

At its first public hearing, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic plunged into the politically charged debate over the origins of the virus.

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Preterm Birth Drug Withdrawn After 12 Years

The F.D.A. seemed poised to rescind approval of Makena, after studies over time indicated the treatment did not halt early childbirth for many women.

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Walgreens Faces Blowback for Not Offering Abortion Pill in 21 States

The chain’s situation shows the complicated legal and reputational landscape that it and its competitors must navigate in the post-Roe era.

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Hearing on Covid’s Origins Promises Politics Mixed With Substance

In advance of a hearing on Wednesday expected to focus on the lab leak theory, House Republicans took aim at Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, whom they have long vowed to investigate.

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Ex-Minister Matt Hancock’s Leaked Texts Lift the Veil on U.K. Covid Policy

A trove of more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages exchanged between Matt Hancock, then the British health secretary, and other government figures revealed the scramble to coordinate the virus response.

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Long Covid Patients More Likely to Have Gastrointestinal Problems, Study Finds

The study, which examined patients infected early in the pandemic, found they were significantly more likely than people who didn’t get Covid to experience lingering reflux, constipation and other issues.

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Could the Next Blockbuster Drug Be Lab-Rat Free?

Alternatives to animal testing are gaining momentum.

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U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens Amid Bird Flu Outbreak

The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.

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How A.I. Is Being Used to Detect Cancer That Doctors Miss

Hungary has become a major testing ground for A.I. software to spot cancer, as doctors debate whether the technology will replace them in medical jobs.

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A Statin Alternative Joins Drugs That Can Reduce Heart Attack Risk

Bempedoic acid lowers cholesterol, and a study found a modest effect on cardiac illness. But whether patients are any more willing to take it remains to be seen, experts said.

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Walgreens Says It Won’t Offer the Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Conservative States

The decision applies to 21 states whose attorneys general threatened Walgreens and other pharmacies with legal action if they dispensed the pill there.

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More Doctors Can Now Prescribe Buprenorphine to Opioid Users. Will It Help?

The federal government loosened regulations for buprenorphine, but health experts warn that entrenched problems around training and access could stall efforts to get people the medication.

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Premature Births Fell During Some Covid Lockdowns, Study Finds

Nearly 50,000 preterm births may have been averted across a group of mostly high-income countries in one month alone.

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Opioid Distributors Cleared of Liability to Georgia Families Ravaged by Addiction

The case illustrates the enormous challenges that victims of the opioid crisis have had in getting compensation from the pharmaceutical industry, despite its pledge of billions of dollars to state and local governments.

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FDA Panel Recommends 2 RSV Vaccines for Older Adults

The shots, if approved by the agency, would be the first vaccines publicly available against a respiratory virus that kills thousands a year. Some advisers did cite a small but identifiable health risk.

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Senator Elizabeth Warren Criticizes Medigap Sales Incentives in New Report

Senator Elizabeth Warren has issued a report urging oversight of insurance brokers who are being offered financial incentives to push more expensive plans.

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Eli Lilly Says It Will Cut the Price of Insulin

The company said it would cap the monthly out-of-pocket cost of the diabetes drug at $35.

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EVT Will Save Millions of Lives From Stroke. Eventually.

A procedure called EVT is creating radically better outcomes for patients, but only when it’s performed quickly enough — and that requires the transformation of an entire system of care.

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